Resources loading, leveling and crashing

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Abstract

This article will examine what are the resources loading, levelling and crashing. The application of each of these methods in the project scheduling will be described to highlight the key characterstics and relations between them. The goal is to provide a reliable frameworkthat can be utlized in the process of managing the project schedule.

Definitions

Resource loading (or resource allocation) identifies the amount of project resources required over the project baseline. It mainly involves project manpower or employees and is a process that assigns such resources as required to each project activity.

Resource leveling is a technique in which start and finish dates are adjusted based on resource constraints with the goal of balancing demand for resources with the available supply ^[1]

Crashing is a method used to analyze and choose the most cost-efficient measurements of compressing the project duration. ^[2]

Notes

1. ↑ "6.6.2.4 Resource Optimization Techniques",A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), (Project Management Institute, 2013), 179.
2. ↑ B. Tonnquist & J.Hørluck (2009), Project Management - a complete guide, (Academica,2009), 134.